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Atrium Homes has announced the retirement of its long-standing chief executive, Stephen Black. Stephen, who has been chief executive since July 2000, has indicated he will leave at the end of the year.

Evicting tenants from social homes cost the public purse at least £28 million in a single year, according to new research published by Shelter Scotland. The housing campaign group commissioned academics from the University of Liverpool to establish the true cost of eviction

A remarkable conversion of a Victorian council depot to create 52 new homes for affordable rent in the centre of Glasgow has been named as the winner of Historic Environment Scotland’s Conservation and Climate Change Award, a special category award of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in S

More than 1700 homes could be created in the St. Enoch Centre as part of a transformational overhaul for the Glasgow shopping mall. A newly revealed masterplan unveils Sovereign Centros' proposals for a new shopping and leisure space, transforming the former Debenhams building into offices

A Dumfries architecture practice has hired one of Scotland’s leading experts in a pioneering energy efficient style of building design as it continues to grow its extensive portfolio of housing association and community housing projects across Dumfries & Galloway. Joining Aitken Turnb

Stirling Council has delivered a further 24 new council houses which have been completed at St. Ninian’s King’s Meadow development this summer.   This is in addition to ten properties at King’s Meadow that were handed over at the end of 2020 and are already let to Stirling Cou

Ten years on from the Christie Commission, Stephen Boyle, the Auditor General for Scotland, discusses the continued need for change in Scotland's public services. Ten years ago, the Christie report set out an inspiring agenda for change that would put people at the heart of public services. Unl

Citizens, businesses, and organisations across South East Scotland have helped shape a major consultation on the region’s economic future.

At least three of Scotland’s islands will become fully carbon neutral by 2040, the islands secretary Mairi Gougeon has announced.

More landlords and tenants are opting to solve disputes independently, saving them weeks of waiting and potential stress caused by lengthy formal processes, new figures from SafeDeposits Scotland have revealed.  Between April and June, the Glasgow-based tenancy deposit scheme saw the percentage

Three Scottish soldiers have cycled over one thousand miles to raise funds for the homeless veterans charity, Scottish Veterans Residences (SVR). Leuchars-based Staff Sergeant Billy Henderson along with Inverness Army recruitment colleague Colour Sergeant Alfie Macdonald, and Dundee-based Sergeant L

A neighbourhood in Newtonhill came together in the sunshine for an inaugural gala day for residents of Barratt Homes’ established Whiteland Haven development. The gala, which has been in the planning for over 18 months by parents and local children, included a bouncy castle, face painting and

Eildon held its 48th Annual General Meeting on September 1 at the end of a tumultuous year. Cathie Fancy, who stood down as vice chair, with chair Dave Alexander

HHA, the Inverness-based not-for-profit property development company, has submitted a planning application to Highland Council to create 15 new homes in Drumnadrochit.

Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association has rebranded as Places for People Scotland in a move it said reflects that the organisation has homes and delivers services across Scotland and also its place within the Places for People family.